Major Championships and International Record
2012 - Paralympic Games 1500m 6th, 5000m 8th, Marathon silver. Swiss National Championships 400m 8th, 800m 7th, 1500m 4th, 5000m silver. US Paralympic Track & Field Trials 800m silver, 1500m 4th
2011 - IPC Athletic Championships 800m 5th, 1500m 7th, 5000m bronze. US Paralympic Championships 400, silver, 800m silver, 1500m bronze. IAAF World Championships 800m bronze
2010 - US National Paralympic Championships 400m bronze, 800m silver, 1500m gold, 5000m silver
2009 - Paralympic World Cup 800m bronze, 1500m bronze. BWAA International 100m silver, 400m gold, 1500m gold. Berlin Marathon silver. New York City Marathon silver
2008 - Paralympics silver (T54 1500m), bronze (T54 5000m), 4th (Marathon), 5th (T54 800m)
2006 - World Championships 8th (T54 1500m), 4th (T54 5000m), bronze (T54 marathon)
2005 - European Championships bronze (T54 5000m)
2006 - Commonwealth Games 7th (T54 800m)

Domestic Record
2005 - Great North Run gold. Flora London Marathon silver
2006 - Great North Run silver. Flora London Marathon silver
2007 - Flora London Marathon gold. New York Marathon silver
2008 - Flora London Marathon bronze
2010 - Virgin London Marathon 6th
2011 - Virgin London Marathon silver
2012 - Virgin London Marathon gold

Shelly suffered a spinal cord injury falling 20ft from a tree when aged 11. She is rated as one of GB’s outstanding young wheelchair racers. She hit the headlines at 2005 London Marathon when finishing 2nd in her first marathon, beating Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson into 3rd. Shelly won the London Marathon for 1st time in 2007 and broke the British record for T54 marathon at the Padova marathon, Italy in April 2008, clocking 1:37.44. She played wheelchair basketball as a junior and spends much of her time in Australia training with her coach Andrew Dawes.